Katsina State High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2017

(1) These Rules may be cited as the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules of Katsina State, 2017. (2) These Rules shall govern the procedure in all proceedings in the High Court of Katsina State. (3) These Rules shall be construed, administered and employed by the Court and parties towards achieving just, efficient, speedy and inexpensive determination of civil proceedings.

(1) These rules shall be interpreted in accordance with The Interpretation Law, CAP 77 Laws of Katsina State 1991 or any re-enactment thereof. (2) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them, namely; "Plaintiff" shall mean the person who institutes an action and rules applying to him shall apply to a Defendant who has a counter claim. "Court" means the High Court of Katsina State; "Court "process" includes Writ of Summons, Originating Summons, originated process, notices, Petition, pleading, Orders, Motions, Summons, warrants and all documents or Written Communications; "Decision" means any Order of the Court howsoever titled. "Defendant" is the person responding to a claim and rules applying to him shall apply to a Plaintiff in a counter claim' "Guardian" means any person who has for the time being the charge of or control over a person under legal disability and includes a person appointed to institute or defend an action on behalf of any person under legal disability; "Minor" means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years "Originating process" means any Court process by which a suit is initiated; "Persons under legal disability" means person who lack capacity to institute or defend any proceedings by reason of age, insanity, unsoundness of mind or otherwise; "Probate action" means an action for the grant of the will or letters of administration of the estate of a deceased person or for the revocation of such a grant or for a decree pronouncing for or against the validity of an alleged will, not being an action which is non-contentious or common form probate business; "Registrar" means the Chief Registrar, Deputy Chief Registrar, Assistant Chief Registrar or any other officer acting or performing the functions of a Registrar; "Registry" means the Registry of the High Court of Katsina State in the appropriate judicial division: ''Taxing officer" means the Chief Registrar or such other Officer of the Court as the Chief Judge may appoint to tax costs.